Debilitating days

Debilitating days

Tribune photo by Stacey Wescott

Kimberly Heeres-Frank sits in her Ingleside family room and talks about the sickness and suffering she has endured with Lyme disease. Her symptoms stumped her doctors for five years before her Lyme disease diagnosis and she continues to struggle daily with the illness.

Kimberly Heeres-Frank sits in her Ingleside family room and talks about the sickness and suffering she has endured with Lyme disease. Her symptoms stumped her doctors for five years before her Lyme disease diagnosis and she continues to struggle daily with the illness. (Tribune photo by Stacey Wescott)

Kimberly Heeres-Frank sits in her Ingleside family room and talks about the sickness and suffering she has endured with Lyme disease. Her symptoms stumped her doctors for five years before her Lyme disease diagnosis and she continues to struggle daily with the illness.